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"A great grilled shrimp popular from the coast of Ecuador up through the southern Pacific coast of Mexico. Serve it with fluffy rice, lime wedges, pureed avocado and, of course, some 'aji' - the ubiquitous condiment always on Ecuadorean tables. Cooking time is actually marinating time."

Ingredients: fresh ginger, honey, rum...

"This great twist on shrimp cocktail is delicious and refreshing appetizer for your latin themed meal, or makes a tasty snack right out of the fridge."

Ingredients: cucumbers, shrimp...

"The grated plantain in this coastal Ecuadoran soup gives the dish a wonderfully light and creamy body. Tiny and virtually flavorless, annatto seeds, also known as achiote seeds, are commonly used throughout Latin America to add a distinctive reddish yellow color to sautéed foods. They are available in Latin markets and the Latin section of some..."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...

"This is an odd little gem of a recipe, not at all untypical of the way Ecuadoreans use plantains. Corvina is a saltwater fish very common in Latin America. Sea bass is a good substitute, though most any white, firm fleshed fish would do. There is a recipe for making achiote from annatto seeds by Rita L -- Annatto Oil. After Kathy's review,..."

Ingredients: coarse salt, fresh ground black pepper...

"A South American recipe from http://laylita.com. "Arroz con camarones or shrimp rice is a classic Ecuadorian and South American dish from the coastal areas consisting of rice cooked in a shrimp broth and mixed with shrimp, sautéed onions, peppers, tomatoes, garlic, cumin, achiote and parsley." Notice that you leave the shells on..."

Ingredients: cumin, parsley, achiote powder...

"This is a great diabetic recipe mainly because you wouldn't think it was anything but a really good recipe, but also just because it is just a really good recipe. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 3 carbohydrate (3 bread/starch), 1 vegetable"

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, angel hair pasta...

"Fanesca is a salty peanut and cream-based soup served in the Andes of Ecuador for Easter. The traditional recipe has 12 grains for the 12 disciples and fish in observance of the Catholic meat regulations, and was made with care and much preparation shelling and cooking the grains. This is NOT the traditional recipe, but an imitation which is still..."

Ingredients: pepper, hominy, cumin...

"My sister in law spent a few years in Ecuador, and brought back this recipe. She said you could buy it from vendors on the beach."

Ingredients: shrimp, lemons, orange juice...

"Entered for safe-keeping for ZWT. An Ecuadorean recipe from www.laylita.com, sometimes used as a hangover cure. Yuca or cassava or cassaba should be available at latin supermarkets. The Pickled Red Onion and Tomato Salsa is essential to make this an "Encebollado"."

Ingredients: cilantro, ground cumin...